"Preeminent Gunn scholar Clive Wilmer has created a compendious selected volume drawn from 11 of Gunn's books, and his crisp introduction fills in many biographical gaps in the life of one of the finest poets in the English language." -- Raúl Niño, Booklist "Clive Wilmer . is Gunn's most devoted and judicious, perceptive and illuminating critic . This valuable edition places Gunn with the finest postwar British poets: Ted Hughes and Philip Larkin, Seamus Heaney and Geoffrey Hill." --Jeffrey Meyers, Kenyon Review "This thoughtfully selected span of Gunn's poetry is not only an immensely pleasurable read but also a master-class in poetic form. The rigor and lyricism of his lines shine brighter still, even as the editor's notes increase the reader's awareness of the historical realities and personal desires that informed the poetry." --Frederick Speers, New York Journal of Books "This collection of the British poet's work ranges across his whole career, including poems on nature, animals, friendship, drugs, literature, sex, love, the AIDS crisis and death. An introduction and notes by the poet and translator Wilmer, who was Gunn's friend, add historical and biographical context.

" --Maria Russo, The New York Times Book Review.